Microbial phylogeny and evolution : concepts and controversies

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Microbial phylogeny and evolution : concepts and controversies

edited by Jan Sapp

Oxford University Press, c2005

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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  • The bacterium's place in nature / Jan Sapp
  • The large-scale structure of the Tree of Life / Norman R. Pace
  • The molecular phylogeny of bacteria based on conserved genes / Wolfgang Ludwig and Karl-Heinz Schleifer
  • Evolving biological organization / Carl Woese
  • If the Tree of Life fell, would it make a sound? / W. Ford Doolittle
  • Woe is the Tree of Life / Bill Martin
  • The robustness of intermediary metabolism / Harold Morowitz, Daniel Broyles and Howard Lasus
  • Molecular sequences and the early history of life / Radhey Gupta
  • Fulfilling Darwin's dream / James Lake ... [et al.]
  • Paradigm lost / C. G. Kurland
  • Contemporary issues in mitochondrial origins and evolution / Michael W. Gray
  • On the origin and evolution of plastids / John M. Archibald and Patrick Keeling
  • The karyomastigont model of eukaryosis / Hanna Melnitsky, Frederick A. Rainey and Lynn Margulis
  • The missing piece: the microtubule cytoskeleton and the origin of eukaryotes / Michael F. Dolan
  • Heritable microorganisms and reproductive parasitism / John H. Werren

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Description

The extent of lateral gene transfer among diverse microbes has effectively broken down our concept of species when we seek to apply it to the microbial world. The explosive growth of whole genome sequences for a great number of microbes give us an unprecedented perspective on the entire process of cellular evolution known. The field is rife with controversies, which have been waged fiercely over the past 20 years and which now are all coming to a point of resolution. Sapp has brought together the best workers in this field to assess what we now know, and to try to reach an accommodation and consensus on the broad outline of how cellular life has evolved.

Table of Contents

Joshua Lederberg: Forward 1: Jan Sapp: The Bacterium's Place in Nature 2: Norman R. Pace: The Large Scale Structure of the Tree of Life 3: Wolfgang Ludwig and Karl-Heinz Schleifer: The Molecular Phylogeny of Bacteria Based on Conserved Genes 4: Carl Woese: Evolving Biological Organization 5: W. Ford Doolittle: If The Tree of Life Fell, Would it Make a Sound? 6: William Martin: Woe is the Tree of Life 7: Harold J. Morowitz, Daniel Broyles, and Howard Lasus: The Robustness of Intermediary Metabolism 8: Radhey Gupta: Molecular Sequences and the Early History of Life 9: James Lake, Jonathan E. Moore, Anne Simonson, and Maria C. Rivera: Fulfilling Darwin's Dream 10: C.G. Kurland: Paradigm Lost 11: Michael W. Gray: Contemporary Issues in Mitochondrial Origins and Evolution 12: John M. Archibald and Patrick J. Keeling: On the Origin and Evolution of Plastids 13: Hannah Melnitsky, Frederick A. Rainey, and Lynn Margulis: The Karymastigont Model of Eukaryosis 14: Michael F. Dolan: The Missing Piece: The Microtubole Cytoskeleton and the Origin of Eukaryotes 15: John H. Werren: Heritable Microorganisms and Reproductive Parasitism Index

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